The New School’s Social Justice Committee (SJC) is seeking applications from individuals interested in being committee members starting in the 2016–2017 year. The SJC is composed of students, faculty, staff, and administrators from colleges and departments of the university. Unless otherwise possible, the group meets on either the second or third Wednesday of each month […]

Curious about what the university-wide Social Justice Committee is up to? Check out the minutes below from their April meeting. Or better yet, sit in on an upcoming meeting! The next meeting is Wednesday, May 25th at 3:00 pm in the Baldwin Rivera Boggs Social Justice Hub (outside rooms 513/514 in the University Center). ***************************** […]

Curious about what the university-wide Social Justice Committee is up to? Check out the minutes below from their March meeting. Or better yet, sit in on an upcoming meeting! The next meeting is this Wednesday, April 20th at 3:00 pm in the Baldwin Rivera Boggs Social Justice Hub (outside rooms 513/514 in the University Center). […]

Curious about what the university-wide Social Justice Committee is up to? Check out the minutes below from their December meeting. Or better yet, sit in on an upcoming meeting! The next meeting is this Wednesday, February 3rd at 3:00 pm in the the Baldwin Rivera Boggs Social Justice Hub (outside rooms 513/514 in the University […]

There is a lot of renewed energy among this year’s university-wide Social Justice Committee at The New School (SJC). The SJC has elected new faculty and student co-chairs – Paul Marcus and Masoom Moitra (along with the staff co-chair – Keisha Davenport-Ramirez who is continuing her term this year) and continue to have their meetings […]

Great news! The Office of Social Justice Initiatives at The New School is hosting two free community screenings of Ava DuVernay’s celebrated film, “Selma.” When and where… Saturday, February 28th, 2:00 pm at 66 W12th Street (near 6th Ave) & Monday, March 2nd, 5:30 pm at 63 5th Avenue (at 14th street, The New School […]

Commencement is a time for looking back on past accomplishments as well as looking to the future. In this reflection on her time at The New School, graduating senior Brittany Duck reflects the creation of the Baldwin Rivera Boggs Social Justice Hub in the new University Center: * * * With graduation rapidly approaching, it’s […]

Join us on Monday, April 21st – Register today! In her first major public event in New York City, CeCe McDonald joins prison abolition activists Reina Gossett and Dean Spade in a conversation about her experiences surviving trauma and impossible situations, and the importance of collective organizing for people facing systems of violence. In 2011, CeCe McDonald was a fashion design student at […]

Is there a member of the faculty who you think exemplifies the principles of social justice in their New School classroom and in the larger community? Someone who transformed your notions of how you might be able to use your skills to transform the world for the better? Well, you aren’t the only one – […]